Multitop table



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Patented July 6, 1937 7 MULTITOP TABLE Raphael Alexander, New York, N. Y. Application July 1924, Serial No. 732,5

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to tables, and more specificially to multi-top tables.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a table having a top surface divided into an upper and lower deck, the upper deck being confined to a single purpose such as a card playing surface while the lower deck is utilized for ash trays, drinks, score cards and other social concomitants incidental to game is playing.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of structure whereby a table is provided with spaced decks, the upper being collapsible upon the lower, and wherein the spaced relationship affords room for the storing and positioning of objects not essential for the actual playing of the game, such as bridge, upon the upper deck.

A further object of the invention resides in 1 the provision of structure whereby a table provided with spaced decks is collapsible in a way whereby the lower deck proximate the edges thereof serves as a perimetric flange for the upper and playing deck to enable a player to more easily pick his or her cards from the edges of the playing deck.

An incidental object of the invention resides in the economy of structure and the ease with which an ordinary bridge table is convertible to the structure herein, the object of the invention.

These objects and other ends and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the progress of this disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claims.

Accompanying this specification is a drawing showing a preferred form of the invention and wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is an elevational View showing the table top in collapsed position.

Figure 2 is a View in plan of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevational View of the invented structure in a preferred form showing the upper deck in elevated position and showing the usual collapsible legs in a table commonly known as a bridge table.

Figure 4 is a sectional view longitudinal of the linking structure connecting the upper and lower deck when the links are in collapsed position, said sectional View being along the axis of said links.

Figure 5 is a sectional view along the line 55 of Figure 3 with the links thereof partially outstretched.

In accordance with the invention and in acfixed to the upper surface'of lower deck Hi.

cordance with the accompanying drawing, numeral I0 designates the upper surface of a table, the said surface being providedwith the,

surface Hi and having a perimeter of any geometric shape inwardly offset from the perimeter of surface H1. The surface ID or lower deck of the table is provided with legs in the conventional manner, the legs being designate by numeral l2 and pivotally afiixed to the side Walls ID by links is. It is ofcourse understood that the invented table may be constructed without the use of leg portions altogether and be adapted to be placed upon another table. 7

The upper deck or surface II on the under side thereof is provided with parallel strips of material such as wood 20 for pivotal affixation thereto of upper link members l5, said link members l5 being pivotally connected to link members I4. Links H! are aflixed to the upper surface of lower deck ID by a pivot 23 extending through a bracket 2|, said bracket 2| being at;

A the point of aflixation of bracket 2|, the under surface of lower deck I0 is provided with parallel and longitudinal strips of material such as 7 Wood 25 for purposes of receiving the affixing screws of bracket 2|.

It will be seen that the upper and lower decks H and I0 are controlled in relative spaced positions by four linking units, links M of each unit being provided with opposite and rounded tenon members IE on each side of pivot l6, while links l5 of each unit are provided with corresponding mortises l9 therefor. It is preferable that each linking unit when completely outstretched by hand effectuate a spacing between the upper and lower decks suilicient to permit the placing or storing of glasses, ash-trays, food receptacles and the like therein. In outstretched position tenons l8 and mortises I9 of each linking unit' afford safety catches for the maintenance of said position, while the same relationship exists when the linking structure is in collapsed position. In collapsed position of upper and lower decks and i0 respectively, the side walls H of upper deck touch the upper surface of lower deck Ill thereby obscuring from view brackets 2|.

I wish it distinctly understood that the embodi-;

ment of the invention encompasses the use of any suitable material in construction, encompasses all desirable shapes and integration and duplication of structures. Moreover, it is understood that minor changes and variations in the particular structure of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a table having an integral and fixed top member, an extensible upper platform therefor having reinforced strips on the underside thereof and situated adjacent the two opposite edges of the said upper platform the said upper platform having reduced dimensions relative to the top member, four pairs of cross links rectangularly arranged, each pair of cross links being pivoted at the crossing thereof and wherein the upper link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the reinforced strip and the lower link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the top member.

2. In a table having an integral and fixed top member, an extensible upper platform therefor having reinforced strips on the underside thereof and situated adjacent the two opposite edges of the said upper platform the said upper platform having reduced dimensions relative to the top member, four pairs of cross links rectangularly arranged, each pair of cross links being pivoted at the crossing thereof and wherein the upper link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the reinforced strip and the lower link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the top member and means to secure the links in upright and collapsed position.

3. In a table having an integral and fixed top member, an extensible upper platform, the said upper platform having reduced dimensions relative to the top member, four pairs of cross-links rectangularly arranged, each pair of cross-links being pivoted at the crossing thereof and wherein the upper link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the underside of the said extensible upper platform and the lower link adjacent its end is pivotally secured to the top member.

RAPHAEL ALEXANDER. 

